Blank staple stitching machine for box blanks or the like



Feb. 11, 1964 I J. H. MOTT 3,120,664

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Feb. 11, 1964 J. H. MOTT 3,120,664 BLANK STAPLE STITCHING momma FOR BOX BLANKS OR THE LIKE Filed March 14, 1962 I 22 Sheets-Sheet 5 E A FIG. 5.

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J. H. MOTT Feb. 11, 1964 BLANK STAPLE STITCHING MACHINE FOR BOX BLANKS OR THE LIKE Filed March 14, 1962 22 Sheets-Sheet 15 INVENTOR JOHN H. MOTT ATTYS,

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- BLANK STAPLE STITCHING MACHINE FOR BOX BLANKS OR THE LIKE Filed March 14, 1962 22 Sheets-Sheet 15 INVENTOR JOHN H. MOTT ATTYS' J. H. Mo'rT Feb. 11, 1964 BLANK STAPLE STITCHING MACHINE FOR BOX BLANKS OR THE LIKE 22 Sheets-Sheet 16 Filed March 14, 1962 FIGAI.

INVENTOR: JOHN H. MOTT ATTYS,

Feb. 11, 1964 J. H. MOTT 3,120,664

BLANK STAPLE STITCHING MACHINE FOR BOX BLANKS OR THE LIKE Filed March 14, 1962 22 Sheets-Sheet 17 2 INVENTORZ JOHN H. MOTT ATTYS Feb. 11, 1964 J. H. MOTT 3,120,664

BLANK STAPLE STITCHING MACHINE FOR BOX BLANKS OR THE LIKE Filed. March 14, 1962 22 Sheets-Sheet 18 FIG.50.

INVENTORZ JOHN H. MOTT.

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Feb. 11, 1964 J. H. MOTT 3,120,664

BLANK STAPLE STITCHING MACHINE FOR BOX BLANKS OR THE LIKE- Filed March 14, 1962 22 Sheets-Sheet 19 FIG. 54.

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1. A MACHINE FOR STITCHING BLANKS, AS FOR CARDBOARD BOXES, HAVING A FLAP OVERLAPPING AN EDGE, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A GUIDE MANDREL; A STITCHING HEAD COOPERATING WITH SAID MANDREL TO APPLY A ROW OF STAPLE STITCHES UNITING SAID FLAP AND EDGE, THE BACK OF SAID BLANK PASSING BENEATH THE MANDREL; A MAIN SHAFT CONNECTED TO DRIVE SAID STITCHING HEAD; FEED ROLLS FOR FEEDING A BLANK PAST SAID STITCHING HEAD, SAID ROLLS BEING MOUNTED FOR CLOSING UP DURING STITCHING OPERATIONS; A FEED ROLL SHAFT FOR TURNING SAID FEED ROLLS; A SELECTIVE BRAKE-CONTROLLED DIFFERENTIAL GEARING DEVICE FOR SELECTIVELY CONTINUOUSLY DRIVING EITHER THE MAIN SHAFT OR THE FEED ROLL SHAFT; A TARGET MOUNTED IN THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF A BLANK AND ENGAGEABLE BY THE FRONT EDGE OF A BLANK WHEN THE FLAP OF THE BLANK IS LOCATED IN A START-STITCHING POSITION; MEANS INCLUDING A TARGET-OPERATED SWITCH, A SOLENOID, AND A TURNABLE SOLENOID-OPERATED DIFFERENTIAL-GEARING-OPERATING SHAFT FOR SHIFTING FROM FEED-ROLL-SHAFT-DRIVE TO MAIN-SHAFT-DRIVE WHEN A BLANK ENGAGES THE TARGET; AN OVERRUNNING CLUTCH ON SAID FEED ROLL SHAFT; DRIVE MEANS OPERATED BY SAID MAIN SHAFT FOR OPERATING SAID FEED ROLL SHAFT THROUGH SAID OVERRUNNING CLUTCH TO TURN IT IN INCREMENTS OF STITCH SPACING BETWEEN STITCHES; AN ADJUSTABLE SLIP CLUTCH AND ADJUSTING MEANS FOR THE DIFFERENTIAL GEARING DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENT OF THE FEED ROLL SHAFT BY THE MAIN SHAFT; A STITCH SPACE VARYING SHAFT ACTING ON THE INTERMITTENT FEED MEANS OPERATED BY THE MAIN SHAFT FOR VARYING THE LENGTH OF STITCH SPACING; MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE TURNED POSITION OF SAID STITCH SPACE VARYING SHAFT; MEANS FOR MOVING SAID STITCH SPACE VARYING SHAFT OUT OF ITS NORMAL ADJUSTED POSITION FOR MAKING A SHORTER TIE STITCH; ROLL-CLOSING MEANS OPERATED BY SAID MAIN SHAFT FOR MOVING THE FEED ROLLS CLOSER TOGETHER AT THE FIRST TURN OF THE MAIN SHAFT; MEANS CONTROLLED BY THE MAIN SHAFT FOR HOLDING SAID ROLL-CLOSING MEANS IN POSITION TO KEEP THE ROLLS TOGETHER DURING THE APPLICATION OF A ROW OF STITCHES; MEANS CONTROLLED BY SAID SOLENOID-OPERATED SHAFT FOR RELEASING SAID HOLDING MEANS AFTER A ROW OF STITCHES HAS BEEN APPLIED; SAID ROLL-CLOSING MEANS INCLUDING A CAM ARM OPERATED BY SAID MAIN SHAFT; A ROLL-CLOSING SHAFT ON WHICH SAID CAM ARM IS TURNABLY MOUNTED; A SHAFTTURNING ARM FAST ON SAID ROLL-CLOSING SHAFT NEAR SAID CAM ARM; MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID ARMS TO REGULATE THE AMOUNT OF CLOSING OF THE FEED ROLLS; ADJUSTABLE RESILIENT MEANS BETWEEN SAID ARMS FOR REGULATING THE PRESSURE BETWEEN THE FEED ROLLS; A TARGET CARRIAGE MOUNTED ON A TARGET FRAME ADJUSTABLY CARRYING SAID TARGET; THE TARGET BEING FORMED AS A HINGED PLATE WITH TOGGLE LINKAGE HOLDING IT IN THE PATH OF A BLANK; MEANS OPERATED PURSUANT TO THE TARGET OPERATION FOR BREAKING THE TOGGLE AND SHIFTING THE TARGET PLATE OUT OF THE PATH OF A BLANK IN ANY ADJUSTED POSITION OF SAID TARGET CARRIAGE; REMOVABLE CRUSHER ROLLS MOUNTED NEAR AND BEHIND THE STITCHING HEAD; MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID CRUSHER ROLLS FROM SAID FEED ROLL SHAFT; MEANS FOR DRIVING THE SHAFT OF ONE OF THE FEED ROLLS FROM THE DRIVE OF ONE OF THE CRUSHER ROLLS; A FLAPRIDING TARGET SWITCH FINGER AND SWITCHES ON SAID MANDREL GUIDE SELECTIVELY OPERABLE BY SAID FINGER, DEPENDING ON THE POSITION OF THE FLAP; MEANS CONTROLLED BY THE ONE OF SAID FLAP SWITCHES WHICH IS IN USE FOR INITIATING THE DEENERGIZATION OF SAID SOLENOID AND THE SHIFT FROM MAIN SHAFT TURNING BACK TO FEED ROLL SHAFT TURNING OF THE FEED ROLLS; A CYCLE SWITCH OPERATED BY THE MAIN SHAFT COOPERATING TO CONTROL THE ACTIONS DURING THE STITCHING OPERATIONS; A GUIDE MANDREL BACKING DEVICE DISPOSED BENEATH THE MANDREL AND STITCHING HEAD OPERATED IN STEP WITH SAID STITCHING HEAD TO BACK THE MANDREL EACH TIME A STITCH IS MADE AND THEN MOVE CLEAR; MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID MANDREL BACKING DEVICE FROM SAID MAIN SHAFT; MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE POSITION OF SAID MANDREL BACKING DEVICE; A TAKE-OFF ROLL AND A TURNING SHAFT THEREFOR OPERATED BY SAID FEED ROLL SHAFT AND PROVIDED WITH A SLIP CLUTCH; AND WIRE FEED MEANS FOR STITCHING HEAD USE PROVIDED WITH SWITCH CONTROLS FOR STOPPING OPERATIONS UPON MALFUNCTIONING OF THE WIRE FEED. 